300 Affles of iS"]!. 



faintly striped on a green ground, is small to medium in size, sub-acid 

 and " very good " in quality. 



Bcvan's Favorite^ from the same source, I have also fruited this year 

 for the first time. It is a peculiar and beautiful fruit ; but as it is de- 

 scribed in the books, I need not go into details. It is brilliantly colored, 



Sevan's Favorite. 



very good in quality, ^nd seems to be a promising variety for planting 

 here. In its shape and coloring it suggests a relationship to the Sum- 

 mer Qtieen. It M^as fully ripe July 19, or near the season of that 

 variety. 



Bohannon or Bohanon^ from the same source, is a very beautiful and 

 very good apple, ripening this year about July 20th, but variable in 

 different specimens. A comparison with the outline given by Dr. War- 

 der suggests that this may be a different apple from the one described 

 by him, although it appears to agree with that of Downing and other 

 authorities pretty well. The outline here given is not sufficiently oblate 

 to be representative, but in other respects is a pretty fair sample of the 

 variety. It does not resemble the Maiden's Blush, as the specimens 

 described by Dr. Warder ; it is not regular, but in most other respects 

 answers his description. It corresponds very well with the descriptions 

 of Downing and of Hooper who denies its resemblance to the Maiden's 



